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Wiggins students donate hundreds of items

Learned numbers at same time

By Dan Barker

Times News Editor

Posted:
01/31/2014 04:00:00 PM MST

The first grade classes at Wiggins Elementary School show off all the donations that the school collected for 100 Day. These items will go to Caring Ministries of Morgan County. (Dan Barker / Fort Morgan Times)

The kindergarten class at Wiggins Elementary School showed off their ability to count to 100 for 100 Day on Wednesday. Notice all the toilet paper on the left. The kindergarten, along with other grades, collected hundreds of items to donate to Caring Ministries of Morgan County. (Dan Barker / Fort Morgan Times)

Wiggins Elementary School students gathered hundreds of items as they learned the joy of giving — while also learning their numbers.

On Wednesday, kindergarten, first grade and second grade students celebrated the 100th day of school for this school year, which is called 100 Day.

This is always a chance for kids to learn what the number 100 really means, but they did more than that, too.

Each grade level worked to collect 100 of a specific type of item to donate to Caring Ministries of Morgan County, the local food bank.

The kindergarten kids donated 140 bars of soap, first grade donated 183 rolls of toilet paper and the second grade donated 114 cans of tuna.

Other elementary students made donations, too. The third grade brought 32 personal hygiene items such as shampoo, hair conditioner and deodorant, said first grade teacher Carol Francone. Fourth grade students collected 19 dental hygiene items and the fifth grade collected 42 boxes of macaroni and cheese.

Combining 100 Day with a community service project helped the students to learn about giving back to the community, she said.

"I believe the students at Wiggins Elementary really stepped forward and truly helped individuals in our community," Francone said. "They also did a phenomenal job at sorting, grouping, counting, and charting all the items."